Nowadays we can find two main types of medicine: alternative medicine and conventional medicine. As far as I know alternative medicine includes practices that incorporate spiritual or religious basis. In contrast‚ conventional medicine includes scientific practises. Before making up our mind if we are for or against alternative medicine we are going to consider its advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand‚ some people think that alternative medicine is healthier because it relies on natural
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HISTORY OF COMPLIMENTARY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE COMPLIMENTARY ALTERNATIVE AND HOLISTIC MEDICINE Kelly Gabard HUM205 Abstract Today’s medical advancement has found cures for disease that many never thought would happen years ago. However‚ with all the advanced medical treatments available‚ many people are depending on Holistic medicine to heal their mind‚ body and spirits and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) to heal their pain and disease. One of the most practiced CAM today is
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Alternative Medicine Throughout recorded history‚ people of various cultures have relied on what Western medical practitioners today call alternative medicine. The term alternative medicine covers a broad range of healing philosophies‚ approaches‚ and therapies. It generally describes those treatments and health care practices that are outside mainstream Western health care. People use these treatments and therapies in a variety of ways. Alternative therapies used
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Alternative Energy Sources [pic] Alternative energy is no longer a secret. Most of the world’s energy needs are fulfilled by fossil fuels including gasoline and coal. It cannot be denied‚ however‚ that their supply is no longer in a stable state‚ their prices have gone up and they have been found to cause damage to the environment. The negative effects of the use of fossil fuels are taking its toll on Mother Earth and mankind. Pollution mainly from the burning of fuels has long been pointed
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Alternative medicine is a medical practice that is generally founded on metaphysical beliefs. Many a times‚ alternative medicine is found to be antiscientific. The practice of alternative medicine has progressively become popular in the recent past decades with more and more patients preferring alternative medicine to modern scientific medicine (Skeptic dictionary‚ 2009). Alternative medicine practice falls into five main categories as classified by National Center for Complementary and Alternative
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With the growing popularity of complementary and alternative medicine certain therapies have become more common without the need of a practitioner ’s hand. One of these common therapies is called aromatherapy. Aromatherapy combines the medicinal properties of plants with oil massages. Aromatherapy can be found in one of the five categories of therapies defined by the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and with the available knowledge it can
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ESSAY ON ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY The law of conservation says that energy is neither created nor destroyed. When we use energy‚ it doesn’t disappear. We change it from one form of energy into another. A car engine burns gasoline‚ converting the chemical energy in gasoline into mechanical energy. Solar cells change radiant energy into electrical energy. Energy changes form‚ but the total amount of energy in the universe stays the same. Scientists at the Department of Energy think they have
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People choose to use alternative methods for various reasons. They are becoming increasingly aware of medical practices from different cultures. Many are frustrated with what conventional medicine can do. The side effects of some medicines make you feel even more sick than you already were. They have the desire to take fewer medications and experience fewer side effects. Today many people in the UK and US choose to be treated by methods that are not based on Western scientific methods‚ that
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Abstract This paper is going to educate the reader about Alternative and Complementary Medicine which is also known as CAM. The paper will define Alternative and Complementary Medicine or CAM and compare it to conventional medicine. The main focus of the paper will be examining the different types of CAM. The types of CAM will be broken into five different groups which are : Whole or Alternative Medical Systems‚ Mind-Body Medicine‚ Biologically Based Practices‚ Manipulative and Body-Based
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Alternative Fuel 1 Alternative Fuel Sources Priscilla Townsend Unit 4 Environmental Science Everest University Sherry Ogg September 4‚ 2010 Alternative Fuel 2 For many years automobile companies have been coming up with new ideas for gasoline alternatives to fuel vehicles. These alternatives have the tendency to be better on the environment and somewhat energy efficient. Of three of the many alternatives to using gasoline to power vehicles are ethanol‚ electric vehicles and solar
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